Bug: "Update packages" functionality stopped working

[pataquets]

Description :octocat:

Right after updating Spacemacs (7851085c6d4d59d2e2506bf06aac73f8963bf9fa). Spacemacs' package update does not complete. Message bufer:

Update all ELPA packages to the latest versions.
(Spacemacs) --> refreshing package archive: melpa... [1/3]
Contacting host: melpa.org:443
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: melpa.org:443 [2 times]
Package refresh done
(Spacemacs) --> refreshing package archive: gnu... [2/3]
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Package refresh done
(Spacemacs) --> refreshing package archive: nongnu... [3/3]
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Package refresh done
custom-declare-variable: Defining as dynamic an already lexical var

Update doesn't even get to the update? (y/n/s/q) prompt.

Reproduction guide :beetle:

• Start Emacs
• Go to home buffer
• Select Update packages

System Info :computer:

• OS: gnu/linux
• Emacs: 28.1
• Spacemacs: 0.999.0
• Spacemacs branch: develop (rev. 7851085c6)
• Graphic display: nil
• Running in daemon: t
• Distribution: spacemacs
• Editing style: vim
• Completion: helm
• Layers:

  ((auto-completion :variables auto-completion-idle-delay 1 auto-completion-enable-help-tooltip t auto-completion-enable-snippets-in-popup t auto-completion-return-key-behavior 'complete auto-completion-tab-key-behavior 'cycle auto-completion-use-company-box nil auto-completion-use-company-posframe t)
  better-defaults bm
  (colors :variables colors-colorize-identifiers 'variables colors-enable-nyan-cat-progress-bar nil)
  command-log copy-as-format csv
  (docker :variables dockerfile-keymap-show-docker-bindings t docker-container-default-sort-key
       '("Status" . t)
       docker-image-default-sort-key
       '("Created" . t)
       docker-run-default-args
       '("-i" "-t" "--rm"))
  (elfeed :variables elfeed-use-curl t)
  emacs-lisp emoji
  (git :variables git-magit-status-fullscreen t git-enable-magit-todos-plugin t)
  (version-control :variables version-control-diff-tool 'git-gutter version-control-diff-side 'left)
  gnus go
  (helm :variables helm-buffer-max-length nil helm-use-fuzzy 'always helm-ff-history-max-length '1000 helm-follow-mode-persistent t helm-imenu-use-icon t helm-apropos-show-short-doc t helm-M-x-show-short-doc t helm-mini-default-sources
     '(helm-source-buffers-list helm-source-recentf helm-source-bookmarks helm-source-buffer-not-found))
  helpful
  (ibuffer :variables ibuffer-group-buffers-by 'projects)
  javascript lua kubernetes markdown
  (nav-flash :variables nav-flash-use-pulse t)
  (org :variables org-agenda-files
    (list
     (progn
       (let
           ((dir "~/.cache/org-simplenote/"))
         (make-directory dir t)
         dir))
     "~/org/")
    org-agenda-include-diary t org-bookmark-heading-make-ids t org-catch-invisible-edits 'show-and-error org-cycle-hide-drawer-startup nil org-hide-emphasis-markers t org-hide-leading-stars t org-enable-appear-support t org-enable-github-support t org-enable-hugo-support nil org-enable-modern-support t org-enable-notifications t org-enable-org-contacts-support t org-contacts-files
    '("~/org/contacts.org")
    org-enable-sticky-header t org-enable-verb-support t org-enable-reveal-js-support t org-reveal-reveal-js-version 4 org-reveal-root "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4.4" org-reveal-multiplex-client-filename "index%e" org-re-reveal-revealjs-version "4" org-re-reveal-root "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4.4" org-wild-notifier-alert-time
    '(60 10)
    org-projectile-file "TODOs.org" org-return-follows-link t org-link-abbrev-alist
    '(("google" . "https://google.com/search?q=%s"))
    org-want-todo-bindings t)
  python restclient
  (search-engine :variables search-engine-amazon-tld "es")
  (shell :variables shell-default-shell 'vterm vterm-always-compile-module t vterm-buffer-name-string "%s" vterm-enable-manipulate-selection-data-by-osc52 t vterm-kill-buffer-on-exit t vterm-max-scrollback 1000000 vterm-timer-delay 0.01 vterm-toggle-scope 'project)
  (shell-scripts :variables shell-scripts-format-on-save nil)
  (speed-reading :variables spray-ramp 15 spray-wpm 450)
  (syntax-checking :variables syntax-checking-window-position 'bottom)
  (tabs :variables tabs-auto-hide nil tabs-highlight-current-tab 'left)
  (wakatime :variables wakatime-cli-path "~/.local/bin/wakatime")
  (unicode-fonts :variables unicode-fonts-enable-ligatures nil)
  vimscript
  (vinegar :variables vinegar-reuse-dired-buffer t vinegar-dired-hide-details nil)
  (eww :variables eww-history-limit 1000 eww-browse-url-new-window-is-tab t eww-search-prefix "https://google.com/?q=")
  (w3m :location
    (recipe :fetcher github :repo "venmos/w3m-layer")
    :variables w3m-home-page "about:blank" w3m-use-title-buffer-name t w3m-quick-start nil w3m-command-arguments
    '("-cookie" "-F")
    w3m-use-cookies t w3m-default-display-inline-images t w3m-default-toggle-inline-images t w3m-history-minimize-in-new-session t w3m-session-autosave t w3m-session-load-last-sessions t w3m-session-load-crashed-sessions t w3m-view-this-url-new-session-in-background t)
  yaml)

• System configuration features: ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GPM GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON LCMS2 LIBOTF LIBSELINUX LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 M17N_FLT MODULES NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS X11 XDBE XIM XPM XWIDGETS GTK3 ZLIB

[winsphinx]

Also met.

Package refresh done load-with-code-conversion: Defining as dynamic an already lexical var: quelpa-upgrade-p

[bcc32]

Ran into this too. I have submitted #16113 to fix this.